South Semitic languages

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branch of Semitic languages language group

South Semitic languages are a branch of the Semitic language family spoken primarily in the southern Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, including languages such as Arabic’s ancient South Arabian relatives and the Modern South Arabian and Ethiopian Semitic languages.

Aliases (2)

South Semitic ×2
South Semitic branch ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of Semitic languages → language group →
contrastedWith	Central Semitic languages → East Semitic languages →
fieldOfStudy	Semitic linguistics →
geographicDistribution	Arabian Peninsula → Northeast Africa →
hasCharacteristic	shared morphological features within Semitic → shared phonological innovations within Semitic →
hasStatus	some languages endangered → some languages extinct →
hasSubgroup	Ethiopian Semitic languages → Modern South Arabian languages → Old South Arabian languages →
historicalRegion	ancient South Arabia →
includesAncientLanguages	Old South Arabian languages →
includesLanguage	Amharic → Argobba → Bathari → Geʽez → Gurage languages → Hadramitic → Harari → Harsusi → Hobyot → Mehri → Minaean → Qatabanian → Sabaic → Shehri → Soqotri → Tigre → Tigrinya →
includesModernLanguages	Ethiopian Semitic languages → Modern South Arabian languages →
linguisticBranchOf	Proto-Semitic language →
partOf	Afroasiatic languages →
spokenIn	Djibouti → Eritrea → Ethiopia → Horn of Africa → Oman → Somalia → Yemen → southern Arabian Peninsula →
subclassOf	Semitic languages →
writingSystemUsed	Ancient South Arabian script → Geʽez script →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ge'ez → Geʽez →	subfamily
Semitic languages →	hasSubfamily
Tigre ("South Semitic") →	languageSubbranch
Modern South Arabian languages ("South Semitic branch") →	partOf
Northwest Semitic →	relatedTo
Amharic ("South Semitic") →	subbranch